Brake.



PATENTED APR. 21, 14908.

J. W. CROSS.

BRAKE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.13,1907.

N'b. f885.447.

.35 also shown in cross-section.

\ UNITED r STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMEs warm eaoss, or WALTON. KENTUCKY, ASblu-NOR or ONE-HALF TO BENJAMIN B.

ALLPHIN, ()F LTON, KENTUCKY.

BRAKE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 21, 1908.

Application filed September 13, 1907. Serial No. 392,628.

I '0 all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES W. CRoss', a citizen of the United States, and residing at alton, Boone county, State of Kentucky,

have invented certain new and useful Imrovements in Brakes for Cushion-Tires and do declare the following to be a clear, full,

and exact descri tion of the invention, attention being callecFto the accompanying drawing, with the reference characters marked thereon, which form also a part of this specinew brake being shown as applied against thetire on the face of the rim to check thewheel. Fig. 2, is an edge-vicw of the wheel as shown in Fig. 1, and with the brake applied. Figs. 3, 4, and 5, are respectively side, front and rear-views of my brake-shoe slightly modified and shown at enlarged scale. Fig. 6, is a horizontal section through this brake-shoe between'its ends, showing it applied as it appears in Fig- 1, the rim of the wheel being Fig. 7, isa sideelevation of the brake-shoeillustrating adjusting means whereby the same may be fitted against the periphery of a particular wheel. v A, indicates a suitable vehicle-wheel which is provided with a customary cushion-tire B, around its rim 0. These tires are generally of rubber and if the usual brake-shoe is applied against them, the unyieldin contact of the rigid material of the same wit the yielding rubbe r,destroys this latter after'very few applications, loosening also the tire in its seat, as well as teariny the surface of the f rovidefior contact with the rubber-surface oi the tire a number same. To avoid this 'of rollers D, preferably three, which are mounted in bearings 11, on opposite sides of the brake-shoe E. This latter as well as bearings d, are preferabl made .of a suitable cast-metal and the who e structure may be one integral casting. Rollers D, may also be metal, or hard wood, or a suitable composition may be used. The are'preferably concaved between their en s1 When this brake is a plied the rollers at the first contact roll with the tire, so that no rigid surface bears a ainst the rubber until the s wad of the wheel is checked and Wheres by all injurious effects upon the tire areavoided. 1 This brake-shoe may be attached in the customary way, to abrake-arm F, supported in a bearing f, and operated by means ,pf a brake-rod G, in the usual manner. A lug H, is provided for its connection to the end of arm F, two forms of connection being shown, the one in Figs. 1, and 2, differing from the one shown in the rest of the figures. The details of this connection have no )articular bearing on my invention and may be readily understood from inspection of the drawing. This brake isqulte useful in connection with heavier vehicles as for instance with hearses for which it is plarticularly intended.

It is obvious that the projection of bearings (1, must be such that the surfaces of all the rollers fit against the tire so that all come in equal contact with the same. This requires a special shoe for each size diameter of wheel and in which the rollers are set to the particular peripheral line of the tire of such wheel. To avoid the requirement of manufacturing too many sha )es I provide for adjustment of the rollerearings on the shoe and more particularl and refcrably of the one for the center-r0 ler as est shown in F ig. 7. The-mechanical details of this arrangement may be variously arranged, a preferable construction being the use of a socket K, into which the bearings are fitted. m

To fit a particular wheel, the brake-shoe is set against the tire of the same with the endrollers in contact, after which the middle-- roller is moved in or out as the particular .100 case may require and until it is alsoproperly seated against the tire, after which the' a justment is secured by set-screws 7c.

Having described my invention, I claim as new: 105

A brake-shoe consisting of a general supporting-member, three rollers provided there- In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my on, one at each end and one between them, signature in the presence of two witnesses. bearings for each roller, those at the ends be- JAMES W AITE CROSS.

ing rigidly secured, while the others between 5 them are adjustably mounted, and means for Witnesses:

supporting the entire device in position oppo- O. SPENGEL, site the periphery of a wheel. 7 T. LE"BEAN. 

